CDQ Attorneys Dan Dowd and Rebecca van Doren have been defending a CDQ client against claims brought by a former student who contended he had been wrongfully expelled for sexual misconduct. The student asserted claims under Title IX of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §. 1983, as well as contract and tort…
Read MoreIn May 2020, Dan Quigley, Betsy Lamm and Cole Kubosumi secured dismissal of defamation, false light, and deprivation of due process claims against CDQ’s client. In a lengthy ruling, the Honorable Theodore Campagnolo of Maricopa County Superior Court agreed with CDQ that the plaintiff, a former legislator, could not state viable claims for defamation or…
Read MoreCDQ and CDQ Partners Dan Dowd and Dan Quigley have been selected by Chambers USA as among the top firms and attorneys in Arizona. The prestigious Chambers ranking system evaluates law firms and individual lawyers all over the world based on qualities that include technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial astuteness, diligence, commitment and…
Read MoreRon Cohen, Dan Quigley and Betsy Lamm successfully obtained dismissal of a Section 1983 claim against CDQ’s client on the basis of qualified immunity. In June 2019, after full briefing and oral argument on CDQ’s motion to dismiss, United States District Court Judge Dominic Lanza dismissed the Section 1983 claim and remanded the remaining claims…
Read MoreOn June 9, 2020, the Arizona Court of Appeals affirmed the Superior Court’s judgment awarding of $1.9 million in damages and $1.6 million in attorneys’ fees to CDQ’s clients. The Court rejected every argument made by the appellant, agreeing with CDQ that the jury’s general verdict could not be overturned based on a challenge to…
Read MoreCDQ is proud to announce that Dan Dowd, Dan Quigley and Daniel Durchslag were all named to the list of the Top 50 attorneys in Arizona. Dan Dowd and Dan Quigley have been repeatedly selected to the Top Lists, while this is the first time Daniel Durchslag has achieved this honor. SuperLawyers’ Top Lists identify…
Read MoreCDQ is proud to announce that Dan Dowd and Dan Quigley were selected as among the Top 100 Lawyers in Arizona for 2020 by Arizona Business Magazine. The Arizona Business Magazine’s editorial team, in collaboration with industry experts, chooses the Top 100 Lawyers in Arizona “from a pool of more than 2000 of the state’s…
Read MoreCDQ is proud to announce that Ronald Jay Cohen, Daniel G. Dowd, Daniel P. Quigley, Daniel E. Durchslag, Cindy C. Albracht-Crogan, and Gabriel Aragon have been named to the 2020 Super Lawyers® list, and Betsy Lamm and J. Neil Stuart were named as 2020 Rising Stars. Super Lawyers® is a highly respected, peer-evaluated rating service recognizing…
Read MoreIn November 2019, following more than two years of litigation, Dan Dowd, Betsy Lamm and Jenna Brownlee obtained summary judgment in favor of CDQ’s client in litigation relating to the management of a nonprofit Arizona corporation. In the litigation, the plaintiff (a former director of the corporation), asserted claims against CDQ’s client (a director and…
Read MoreDan Dowd and Kaysey Fung successfully obtained dismissal of a high-profile declaratory judgment action filed in federal district court by The Hopi Tribe, the United Mine Workers of America, and Peabody Western Coal against the Central Arizona Water Conservation District. The plaintiffs sought an injunction ordering CAWCD to purchase and obtain the electrical power for…
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